Philadelphia’s Democratic mayor has cracked down on crime, reformed the city’s finances, and spoken frankly about black family breakdown.
Charles Dharapak/AP Photo
Mayor Michael Nutter did equally well in white and black wards in his first race. He was recently reelected in a landslide.
In the hot summer of 2011, Philadelphia was beset by “flash mobs.” Dozens of teenagers, mostly black, would gather suddenly and riot through popular tourist neighborhoods, assaulting pedestrians and robbing stores and people. Other cities experienced flash mobs in 2011, but they presented a particular problem for tourist-dependent Philadelphia, where millions of visitors come every year to see the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and Franklin Court—not to mention the famous corner of Ninth Street and Passyunk Avenue, where Pat’s and Geno’s vie for cheesesteak supremacy.
Mayor Michael Nutter, a black Democrat who had governed the city since 2008, was not pleased."....................
Rick wrote: He's obviously just an extremist nutter who should run out of office oon a rail.
Why? I like him. Obviously his constituents like him, and contrary to rightie beliefs, a liberal can be a tough mayor, or governor, or whatever and be admired by liberals.
Rick wrote: He's obviously just an extremist nutter who should run out of office oon a rail.
Why? I like him. Obviously his constituents like him, and contrary to rightie beliefs, a liberal can be a tough mayor, or governor, or whatever and be admired by liberals.
Sarcasm?
lol But you have to love his name. Should actually be a TEA Party President with a name like that, right LJ?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Rick wrote: He's obviously just an extremist nutter who should run out of office oon a rail.
Why? I like him. Obviously his constituents like him, and contrary to rightie beliefs, a liberal can be a tough mayor, or governor, or whatever and be admired by liberals.
you don't knoow me well enough apparently
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
Rick wrote: He's obviously just an extremist nutter who should run out of office oon a rail.
Why? I like him. Obviously his constituents like him, and contrary to rightie beliefs, a liberal can be a tough mayor, or governor, or whatever and be admired by liberals.
you don't knoow me well enough apparently
Nor do you know me......You posted what you thought a liberal would think (you are ever so fond of doing that) and I posted that you are wrong about that.
Glad to hear that some liberals are OK with conservatives as long as they call themselves democrats.
From the link:
"Indeed, in many ways, Nutter is a conservative. Of course, he doesn’t identify himself that way, and it’s not hard to deduce why: in 59 Philadelphia precincts last November, Mitt Romney won precisely zero votes. And Nutter isn’t a Republican-in-hiding, having spent much of the 2012 election season appearing on TV as a campaign surrogate for President Obama. But don’t forget that in the bitter Democratic presidential primary in 2008, Nutter endorsed Hillary Clinton, then viewed as the centrist alternative to Obama.
And what would you call a mayor with priorities like Nutter’s—law and order, fiscal prudence, and personal responsibility—if not conservative?"
lol
you don't knoow me well enough apparently
